John H. Murdoch and Martie Boyle

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Husband John H. Murdoch ^{1 2 3}

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         Father: Alexander Murdoch, Jr. (Abt 1814-1903) 1 3 4
         Mother: Eliza Jane Huey (1811-1891) 2 3

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       Marriage: 8 Jan 1874 2

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Wife Martie Boyle ²

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1 M Edgar B. Murdoch ²

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2 F May H. Murdoch ²

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         Spouse: Rev. W. M. French (      -      ) 5

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3 F Anna V. Murdoch ⁵

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4 M John H. Murdoch, Jr. ⁵

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General Notes: Husband - John H. Murdoch

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He was graduated from Washington and Jefferson College in 1869 and was admitted to the bar in 1874. Under the firm style of John H. Murdoch & Son, Mr. Murdoch was associated in the practice of law with his son, Edgar B. Mr. Murdoch also had many other interests, owning a large amount of valuable realty and serving as president of the Thorneycroft Land Company and treasurer of the Murdoch-Baldwin Oil Company. He was president of the Union Trust Company beginning from its inception, and was president of the Washington County Fire Insurance Company, having succeeded his father in that capacity at the time of the latter's death. He was a member of the board of trustees of Washington Seminary for many years, taking an active part in its work. He was one of the directors of the Pittsburg Life & Trust Company of Pittsburgh and a member of the finance committee of the company. He was also president of the Waynesburg Water Company of Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, and vice president of the Citizens' Water Company of Washington.
He was a member of the First United Presbyterian Church of Washington, in which he held the office of an elder for over 25 years.

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General Notes: Wife - Martie Boyle

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from Allegheny City, PA

1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 133.

2 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 541.

3 Lewis R. Culbertson, M.D., Genealogy of the Culbertson and Culberson Families (Zanesville, OH: The Courier Co., 1923), Pg 217.

4 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 541, 929.

5 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 542.